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Ron Sexsmith announces pair of 60th birthday UK shows

May 16, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
“I’m definitely going to have the brakes on all year because I don’t want 60 to come too fast, haha, “ said Ron Sexsmith when interviewed by AUK’s Martin Johnson in early 2023. Now, after sixty […]
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Bonny Light Horseman ensure summer dominance by announcing European tour dates

May 15, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
As the build up continues to their new album “Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free”‘s release on June 7th as we previously reported, the brilliant Bonny Light Horseman have also announced a series of European […]
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New American Aquarium album “The Fear Of Standing Still” out this summer

May 15, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
American Aquarium have announced their new album ‘The Fear of Standing Still’ which is due out 26th July 2024 via Losing Side Records/Thirty Tigers. “For us the sweet spot is when you’ve got a rock band […]
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Vermont indie folk duo Hungrytown have a new album and UK tour

May 14, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Hungrytown is the duo of Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson, based in the south of Vermont, and they have announced the release of their latest album ‘Circus For Sale’ which is due out on 21st June […]
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Troubadour of choice Jason McNiff adds a ninth album to his bulging repertoire

May 13, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
The Hastings based singer songwriter and guitarist Jason McNiff has announced the release of his 9th LP, “Everything’s a Song”, on June 7th. The album was produced and recorded by Matt Armstrong (bass and drums) in […]

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At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

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Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
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Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

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We entered, as you’ll doubtless recall, on this quest to determine whether music has the answer to all our problems with a sense of optimism tempered with realism.  Today’s concern is one of those knotty problems […]
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